English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Woolwicks

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stevenage

Historical Forms

  • Wluueneuuiche 1086 DB
  • Wlvennewike 1199 FF
  • Wlvenewic 13th Wymondley
  • Wolwenwyk 1274 Cl
  • Wolvenewyk 1295 Ipm
  • Wlwenwyk 1220 Fees
  • Wuluenewich t.Hy3 BM
  • Wlwynewik 1248 Ass
  • Wolewyk 1295 Ipm
  • Wollenwich 1303 FA
  • Wolnewyk 1381 IpmR
  • Woolwax lane 1653 Cassio

Etymology

'Farm of a woman named Wulfwynn ,' v. wic . The farm- name survives as the name of two fields, Great Woolwicks and Little Woolwicks , immediately south-west of Dell Spring (6″).